Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is defined as instead of a violent protest, people would try to get their point across by a peaceful protest. Gandhi was a main advocate for this type of protest. Soon, African American leaders heard of this new type of protest so they started to adapt to this idea of nonviolence. Gandhi's influence formed the orgainzation called CORE. CORE, even though it was a small orgainzation, had many sit-ins. By 1960, these type of sit-ins spread and it helped the public become more aware of the cause. The arrests at the sit-ins helped spread the word of equality rather than hindering the cause.
-Alex Earls
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